Wheel.



W. J. P. MOORE.

WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19. 1915.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

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WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19. 191.5.

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WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.-22, 1916.

Application filed June 19, 1915. Serial N 0. 35,019.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. P. MOORE, a. citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheels, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyin drawing.

This invention relates to a metallic wheel of the tension type'in which the parts are brought together and united under strong tension.

The object is to secure a very stiff and durable construction which is at the same time inexpensive, light in weight, and attractive in appearance.

The invention comprises essentially a wheel, allof whose parts are metal or some similar hard durable and substantial substance, and among these parts the principal ones are a pair of circular disks suitably braced together. and supported. at the center on the hub andat the periphery on the folly,

the attachment to the hub and to the telly being made by circular rods applied in a heated state and shrunk on during cool ing, together with various modifications of this essential combination to adapt the same not only to the ordinary hub, but to the hub havin' associated therewith a brake drum; and a so the invention relates to numerous changes in the precise method and plan of applyingthe binding rods, together with numerous details and peculiarities in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts, substantially as will be hereinafter described and then mor'eparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention: Figure 1 is a cross-section of my improved wheel, the same being ordinarily the fron wheel of an. automobile; Fig.2 is a similar cross-section of another form of wheel, its construction embodying therein a brake drum, and being usually intended for the rear wheel of an automobile;

Fig. 3 is a partial sectional view of a modified form of my improved wheel; Fig. 4 is a similar partial sectional view of a modified form of the wheel embodying the brake drum; Fi 5 is a partial sectional view of another orm of the wheel; Fig. 6 is a partial sectional view of a similar form of wheel embodying the brake drum; Fig. 7 is a partial sectional view of a modified form of my improved wheel; Fig. 8 is a similar sectional view of the same form of wheel adapted to embody a brake drum; Fig. 9 is a detail view showing the side disks or plates of the wheelwhen drawn together by a bolt; Fig. 10 is a detail view on; an enlarged scale showing the means for connecting one of the circular binding rods or wires to certain of the parts.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the different figures of the drawing. 1 and 2 designate circular disks of steel or other material, preferably a thin metal 'but strong and unyielding, the same i being spaced a suitable distance apart and braced by means of a series of bolts 3, of which there may be any suitable number. These bolts 3 may pass through sleeves?) placed between the disks 1 and 2, and where the ends of. the bolts are riveted the parts will be firmly held together. The spacing sleeves 3" may, however be omitted, as shown in Fig.9, and the bolts 3 formed with a screw-threaded end having a nut 3 whereby the disks 1 and 2 may be drawn tightly toward each other, such a device being at times preferable to the use of the sleeves. Other methods and means for bracing andvstitfening the circular disks may be employed if desired. The disks are of annular form, having a central opening in which lies the horizontal hub 4 to which the disks are connected by'means of circular rods 5 in a'manner to be presently explained. The outer peripheries of the disks 1 and 2 are connected to the felly 6 which is ordinarily a metallic ring, said felley being associated with circular rims 7, clencher rim 8, inner ring 9 and bolts 10, in

case a demountable rim is employed like the are correspondingly separated from each other at their edges as they approach the hub, their inclinationsfrom a vertical plane being the same or different, as desired; this style of incline of the disks being for the purpose of giving the wheel a better appearance and a stronger construction.

11 designates a shaft of a vehicle, on which shaft the hub 4 is mounted, and on which i it easily revolves through the use of ball bearings 12 and 13, the details of which need not be explained. Moreover a suitable hub cap is screwed upon the outer end of the hub 4.. 1

The outer edges of the plates 1 and 2 are bent inwardly toward each other at 15,. so as to overlap and engage the flanges 16 onthe felly ring 6, and these inturned edges 15 are pressed firmly into shallow grooves 17 inthe flanges 16 by means of the surrounding circular Wire rings 18. The inner peripheral edges of the disks 1 and 2 are provided with outwardly-turned edges 19 suitably curved to receive the circular rods 5, and said curved edges 19 are firmlyseated in shallow grooves 20 formed around the hub '4 near each end thereof, as shown in Fig.1. The parts are assembled together in the manner shown and the wire rings 5 and 18 are applied to the bent ends 15 and the curved ends 20 after these wire rings have been heated red hot.v As these wires cool, they will shrink and firmly bind themselves against the edges 15, thereby clamping said edges closely in the grooves 17 upon the flanges 16, and also the wire rings 5 will tightly clamp the edges 19 upon the hub, seating said edges 19 closely in the grooves 20.

The wheel I have just been describing is that shown in Fig. 1, whichwill ordinarily bethe front wheel, and has no brake drum; in Fig. 2, however, I have represented a form of my improved wheel having the brake drum embodied in the structure thereof and having the plates or disks rearranged I in form, shape and location to adapt the construction to this change, although the essential lines of the invention are carried into effect in the same manner. Instead of having the disks 1 and 2 reach from the rim to the hub, they reach only from the rim to the brake drum 21, which is a circular drum surrounding. the hub 22. Rear axle 23 is revoluble and by a suitable arrangement engages with the hub 22 having cap 24 and revolving on the ball bearings 25 and 26, said shaft 23 being within the relatively stationary housing 27. The brake drum 21 contains brake straps or hands 28, 29 operated in any convenient manner. A wire ring 31 surrounds the hub 22 and serves to securely fasten the drum 21 upon the hub'22. The drum 21 may be shrunk on to the hub 22 and riveted or it may be madev in one piece, with said hub or it may be otherwise related thereto.

The annular disks or plates 32 and 33m this form of the invention are similar to the disks or plates 1 and 2, except that they are narrower and have a much larger central opening to accommodate the drum 21. They have at theirinner edges the outwardlycurved parts 34 engaging small grooves 35 in the outer surface of the drum 21, while wire rings 36 are shrunk on these curved:

ends 34 for the purpose of firmly binding them in the grooves 35 in the same manner that the wire rings 5. are shrunk on. the curved ends 19 of the disks 1 and2. Moreover, the outer peripheral'edges of the disks.

32 and 33 are formed witheinwardly curved parts 37which are closely bound against the flanges 16 of the metal felly 6 by means of" the rings 38 applied thereto in. the same manner that the rings 18 are applied to the wardly surrounded by outwardly engaging. wire rods or rings, are reversely bent so as.

to envelop and surround the wire rings, or

in other words, to allow the wire rings to. be located inside of the disks, though in.

very much the same position as in Figs. 1 and .2, the rings 39, 39 in Fig. 3 being near the tire, while the rings 40, 40 are near the hub. In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, whereinis embodied the brake drum,

the rings or wires 41 bind theouter edgesof the disks 32 and 33 to the felly, while the inner edges of said disks are secured to the brake drum by the rods or wires 42.

Referring now to Figs. 5 and 6, 43 and;

44 designate the plates or disks which are held to the hub by means of the binding rods or wires 52,- and to the rim by means of the binding rods or wires 51 which surround i the outer peripheral edges of these disks 43 and 44 and clamp them firmly upon the flanges 50 of the felly 6. In order to insure rigidity and strength to the combination of these two disks 43 and 44, I adopt another:

plan which is difierent from that represented in the other figures of the drawing, and consists of a diagonal idisk45, which obviously will partake of a conical form, one peripheral edge of which is secured to the hub by placing itunderneaththe adjoin:

ing edge of the plate44, over which thewire: rod or ring 52 is shrunk, and then bending the opposite peripheral edge of this disk 45,

the same being the edge nearest the rim, over the flange 50 of the felly 6 andbeneath. the curved peripheral edge of the other disk 43, so that the wire rod: or ring 51 when shrunk over the disk 43 to hold it inplace on the rim, may also be shrunkover the edge of the bracing disk 45.

In Fig. 6 substantially the same construe-- tion obtains, except that the wheel is one having in its construction the brake drum 21, in which case the-disksv 46 and 47 each are narrower than the disks 43 and 44. I utilize, however, the same diagonalv bracing plate or disk. 48 which is held against the brake drum by a wire rod or ring 53 and is also clamped to one of the flanges 56 of the rim 6 by means of a wire rod or ring 55 shrunk thereon. The feature on which stress is laid in the description of the devices 5 and 6, is,'of course, the diagonal bracing member.

In Fig. 7 I have, delineated another modification in its application to the general form of wheel, which is usually the front wheel; and in Fig. 8 is shown the application of the same idea to the wheel having therein the brake drum. In this form of wheel the binding rods or wires are omitted. I utilize, however, the metallic disks, of which there are a pair, consisting of members 49 and 57 (in Fig. 7), but between these two disks I employ a pair of bracing disks which have a substantially conical annular form. They are denoted'by the numerals 61 and 62, and they are bolted firmly together at their apex points by bolts 67. The inner peripheral edges of the-disks49 and 57, as also of the inner conical bracing plates 61 and 62 are firmly riveted by rivets or bolts 64 to the flanges 63 formed on the outside of the hub 4, while the outer peripheral edges of the disks 49 and 57, as also of the bracing disks 61 and 62, are .bolted or riveted by bolts or rivets 66 to flanges 65 formed on the inside edge of the metal felly 6. In Fig. 8 where the wheel is shown as embodying the brake drum 21, the structure and arrangement of the parts are slightly different from those shown in Fig. 7, but only so far as is required to adapt the parts to the narrower space between the brake drum and the felly. In this figure therefore, the narrow annular plates 58 and 59 are secured to the felly 6 by bolts 66, and to the drum 21 by means of the bolts 64, while the inner conical bracing members 61 and 62 are fastened together by the central bolt 67, and are clamped under the parts 58 and 59 by the rivets or bolts 6.4 and 66.

Many changes in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts may be made without exceeding the scopeof the invention, and I reserve the liberty of making all such changes in the details as circumstances may require.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: p

1. In a wheel, the combination with an outer circular member and an inner central member, ofa pair of annular disks between said members, and metallic members engaging the peripheries of the disks and also the'members, the same being applied in a heated condition and allowed to shrink so.

as to bind the parts together.

2. In a wheel, the combination with a rim and a hub, of spaced apart annular disks, and circular rods for securing them and ahub, ofa pair of annular disks hav-- ing peripheral flanges, and. circular metallic members surrounding the flanges and shrunk 1tlhegreon to .bind them to the rim and the 4. In a wheel, the combination with av rim and a hub, of a pair of annular disks, and means for securing them at their peripheral edges to the rim and hub, comprising circular metallic members applied in a heated condition and allowed to shrink on to form a locking connection. 1

5. Ina wheel, the combination with a rim and a hub, of a brake drum surrounding the hub, a pair of annular disks between the drum and the rim, and means for securing said disks at their edges to the drum and rim, comprising circular metallic members applied in a heated condition and allowed to shrink to bind the parts together.

6. In a wheel, the combination with a rim and a hub, of a pair of annular disks between the rim and the hub, circular rods engaging the peripheral edges of the disks and appliedin a heated condition and allowed to shrink so as to connect the disks to the rim and hub, and means for spacing said disks apart and securing them in this position.

7. In a wheel, the combination with a rim and a hub,'of a pair of annular disks, circular rods for securing the peripheral edges of the disks to the rim and the hub, and

means comprising bolting devices for drawing the disks toward each other in .a tight connection.

8. In a wheel, the combination with a rim edges, which overlap the grooves in the rim and hub, and encircling metallic rods which surround the flanged edges of the disks and are applied in a heated state and allowed to cool so as to effectually bind the disks to the rim and hub.

10. In a wheel, the combination with an circular metallic members applied in a heated condition to said flanges and allowed to shrink in cooling so as to lock the flanges to the rim and the drum.

12. In a wheel, the combination with a rim and a hub, of a pair of annular disks and an intermediate inclined I bracing disk, and means for securing all of said disks at their peripheral edges to the rim and hub comprising circular metallic members applied in a heated condition and then allowed to shrink -in cooling.

13. In a wheel, the combination with an outer circular member andan inner central member, of a pair of annular disks and a diagonal bracing disk intermediate the annular disks, all of said disks-having peripheral flanges, and means for securing the disks to the outer and innermembers comprising circular metallic members applied to the flanges in a heated condition and allowed to shrink in cooling.

14-. In a wheel, the combination with an outer circular member and an innercentral member, of a pair of annular disks, and an inclined annular bracing disk between the other disks, and means for securing all of the disks at 'theirperipheral edges to theouter and inner members, comprising circular metallic members applied in a heated condition to said peripheral edges of the outer and inner members and allowed to shrink so as to form a locking connection between the parts.

In testimony whereof I afiix my sigma-n ture.

WILLIAM J. P. MOORE. 

